Madison, a four-time Pro Bowler for the Dolphins, echoed the feelings and frustrations that fans have with Ginn.

“He dodges tacklers,” Madison told Rose. “Instead of delivering the blow, he’s running away from it. That’s going to get him in bad situations. When you catch the ball, you have to have bad intentions.

“If you look at a guy like Hines Ward, when he catches the ball he’s turning around and looking up. Ted Ginn is usually catching the ball running backwards and slipping and falling. You may be able to run through one of those tackles or the defensive back may miss or fall down and then you can use your speed. But he’s always ducking and dodging.”

Ginn’s bee-lines to the sideline to avoid contact and nine dropped passes might be remembered as much this past season than his record-setting day Nov. 1 against the Jets, when he became the first player with two 100-yard TDs in one game.

Madison said Ginn’s lack of physicality was evident early in his career.

As a rookie in 2007, Ginn faced Madison and the Giants in London.

“We knew we could take him out of the game because we heard he wasn’t physical,” Madison said. “I go over there and I jam him and he can’t get off the jam. Then I tell the rest of the guys.

“Now, the whole team is gunning to make him quit by hitting him hard and making you get down on the ground.”

Ginn actually did catch a meaningless scoring pass late in the Dolphins 13-10 loss – his first NFL touchdown.

But in three NFL seasons, Ginn has scored just 10 touchdowns: five receiving, three returning and two rushing.

Madison told Rose those numbers don’t add up to the kind of big-play WR the Dolphins need.

“[The Dolphins] need that No. 1 receiver and I don’t think Ted Ginn or Davone Bess is that guy,” Madison said. “ess was the best receiver on the team this year. If we had someone else that can take the pressure off Davone and put him in that slot and let him do what he does like Wes Welker, we’d be succcessful.

“But Ted Ginn is not a No. 1 and neither are the other receivers — Camarillo, Hartline. ”

Ginn caught a team-high 56 passes for 790 yards in 2008, but only 38 passes for 454 yards this season.